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The relationship between blood glucose and clinical outcomes after extracorporeal circulation: a retrospective cohort study

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

BackgroundPostoperative blood glucose levels significantly impact outcomes in cardiac surgery patients undergoing extracorporeal circulation (ECC) auxiliary to open heart surgery. While hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia are known risk factors for adverse outcomes, the optimal glycemic range for patients undergoing ECC remains unclear.

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Circulating bone morphogenetic protein 10 as a novel marker of atrial stress and remodelling in heart failure

Heart BMJ

Background We evaluated the potential of circulating bone morphogenetic protein 10 (BMP10) as a biomarker for atrial stress and remodelling in patients with heart failure (HF), in comparison to N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP). We also assessed the predictive value of BMP10 for adverse clinical outcomes.

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Why Waiting Until Age 50 To Address Risk Factors For Heart Disease Is Too Late.

Dr. Paddy Barrett

And plaque in your coronary arteries is the result of exposure to risk factors over time. These individuals then must have had one or more risk factors for a long time prior to their heart attack. The answer: Risk Factors. But wouldn’t such risk factors have been obvious?

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Why Insulin Resistance Is The Biggest Silent Risk Factor For Heart Disease.

Dr. Paddy Barrett

Insulin resistance is a major risk factor for the leading causes of death, the leading one being cardiovascular disease. Understanding where you sit on this continuum is a key part of defining your future risk of heart disease but also dementia, and many cancers. The key is to identify risk much earlier. Circulation.

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Patients diagnosed with new-onset, persistent AFib are more likely to have certain risk factors

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

Patients who present with persistent atrial fibrillation at diagnosis are more likely to have certain risk factors as compared with patients with occasional atrial fibrillation (AFib). The findings, led by investigators in the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai, published in Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology.

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Forecasting the Burden of Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke in the United States Through 2050—Prevalence of Risk Factors and Disease: A Presidential Advisory From the American Heart Association

Circulation

Circulation, Ahead of Print. Most adverse trends are projected to be worse among people identifying as American Indian/Alaska Native or multiracial, Black, or Hispanic.CONCLUSIONS:The prevalence of many cardiovascular risk factors and most established diseases will increase over the next 30 years. in 2020 to 61.0%

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2025 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics: A Report of US and Global Data From the American Heart Association

Circulation

Circulation, Ahead of Print.